South China Agricultural University

• 1909 - Guangdong province's agricultural experiment station and Affiliated Institute of Agriculture was founded.
• 1917 - Guangdong Province Public Agricultural School, and began to set up agricultural major(4-year degree).
• 1924 - Incorporated into Guangdong University, as College of Agriculture.
• 1926 - Rename to College of Agriculture, National Sun Yat-sen University.
• 1931 - Sun Yat-sen University prepared to build a new campus in Shipai, and totally received about 3.5 square kilometers of land in the north of Shipai, The College of Agricultural college starts to develop rapidly.
• 1952 - The nationwide readjustments of university and college resources took place in 1952. And the South China Agricultural College ({{lang|zh|华南农学院}}) was established, through a reorganization process that unified the agricultural schools and departments of universities from 2 provinces in Southern China, including the former National Sun Yat-sen University, Lingnan University, Guangxi University.
• 1979 - It was selected as one of National Key Universities.
• 1984 - The university was renamed as South China Agricultural University in 1984.
• 2000 - The university was transferred under the administration of Guangdong Province in 2000 during the reform of the management system of higher learning institutions.
• 2015 - Selected as a Cultivated High-level University of Guangdong Province.{{cite web| url=http://english.scau.edu.cn/single/brief.html| title=Brief Introduction of SCAU|accessdate=29 September 2016}}
• 2022 - Became one of the Double First-Class Universities in Double First-Class Construction.

South China Agricultural University has 26 colleges (departments), offering 95 undergraduate programs, 107 master's degree programs, and 60 Ph.D. degree programs. SCAU also offers nine professional master's degrees and a professional doctorate in Veterinary Medicine.{{cite web| url=http://english.scau.edu.cn/colleges/| title=Colleges & Departments of SCAU|accessdate=17 August 2016}}{{cite web| url=http://english.scau.edu.cn/single/admissions.html| title=Admissions of SCAU|accessdate=17 August 2016}}

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• College of Agriculture
• College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture
• College of Horticulture
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• College of Animal Science
• College of Marine Sciences
• College of Natural Resources and Environment
• College of Life Science
• College of Food Science
• College of Engineering
• College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering
• College of Materials and Energy
• College of Mathematics and Informatics
• College of Software Engineering
• College of Electronic Engineering
• College of Artificial Intelligence
• College of Economics and Management
• College of Public Management
• College of Humanities and Law
• College of Foreign Studies
• College of Arts
• College of Marxist Philosophy
• College of Continuing Education
• College of International Education
• Department of Physical Education
• Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Zhujiang College

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|File:华南农业大学，农学院东南角 - panoramio.jpg|College of Agriculture

|File:华南农业大学，林学院新楼 - panoramio.jpg|College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture

|File:华南农业大学，园艺学院西北角 - panoramio.jpg|College of Horticulture

|File:华南农业大学，从农学院俯瞰资源环境学院 - panoramio.jpg|College of Natural Resources and Environment

|File:广卅，华南农业大学，工程学院 - panoramio.jpg|College of Engineering

|File:华南农业大学，食品学院南门 - panoramio.jpg|College of Food Science

|File:华南农业大学，经管学院 - panoramio.jpg|College of Economics and Management

|File:华南农业大学7号楼.jpg|College of Humanities and Law

|File:广卅，华南农业大学，水利与土木工程学院 - panoramio.jpg|College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering

|File:华南农业大学，启林南区外语学院一角 - panoramio - zengsx.jpg|College of Foreign Studies

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• The individual subject ranking of South China Agricultural University was 50th-100th in Agriculture & Forestry according to the QS World University Rankings for 2016.{{cite web| url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2016/agriculture-forestry#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=| title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 - Agriculture & Forestry|accessdate=1 August 2016}}
• The university ranked 962th according to the US News Best Global Universities 2017. In particular, its Agricultural Sciences was ranked 177th, and its Plant and Animal Science was ranked 228th.{{cite web| url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/south-china-agricultural-university-529032| title=Education > Best Global Universities > South China Agricultural University|accessdate=29 October 2016}}

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